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Fertility intentions and use of contraception among monogamous couples in northern Malawi in the context of HIV testing: a cross-sectional analysis. [PDF]
, 2012 CONTEXT: Knowledge of HIV status may influence fertility desires of married men and women. There is little knowledge about the importance of this influence among monogamously married couples and how knowledge of HIV status influences use of contraception
Baschieri, Angela +7 more
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Characterization of mycobacteria and mycobacteriophages isolated from compost at the São Paulo Zoo Park Foundation in Brazil and creation of the new mycobacteriophage Cluster U [PDF]
, 2016 Background: A large collection of sequenced mycobacteriophages capable of infecting a single host strain of Mycobacterium smegmatis shows considerable genomic diversity with dozens of distinctive types (clusters) and extensive variation within those ...
Conde Oliveira, DV +14 more
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Mycobacterium Fortuitum Device Infection with Subsequent Endocarditis [PDF]
, 2012 Case A 78-year-old female with a past medical history of mild dementia, hypertension, diabetes, coronary artery disease status post automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator (AICD) for congestive heart failure presented with suspected bacterial ...
Shah, MD, Paurush, Vishnevsky, MD, Alec
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A Mysterious Gram-Positive Rods
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2012 We encountered a patient with a history of intravenous drug use presenting with fever, malaise and nausea who was found to have cavitary lung lesions.
Javzandulam Natsag +5 more
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BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020 Background Mycobacterium fortuitum complex is a group of rapidly growing nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) associated with skin and soft-tissue infections after surgery or trauma.
Johanna Erber +6 more
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An experimental model of mycobacterial infection under corneal flaps [PDF]
, 2004 In order to develop a new experimental animal model of infection with Mycobacterium chelonae in keratomileusis, we conducted a double-blind prospective study on 24 adult male New Zealand rabbits. One eye of each rabbit was submitted to automatic lamellar
Adan, Consuelo Bueno Diniz +5 more
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Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2015 Endocarditis secondary to Mycobacterium fortuitum is a rare entity often involving prosthetic valves and rarely native valves. Pulmonic valve endocarditis secondary to any organism is rare.
Aaron M. Mulhall +1 more
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International Journal of Mycobacteriology, 2016 Objective/Background: Nontuberculosis mycobacteria (NTM) are a diverse group of microorganisms that cause a variety of diseases in humans including skin, respiratory, and gastrointestinal tract infection. Generally, NTM are classified into two categories:
Mohammad Varahram +6 more
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General Overview on Nontuberculous Mycobacteria, Biofilms, and Human Infection [PDF]
, 2015 Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are emergent pathogens whose importance in human health has been growing. After being regarded mainly as etiological agents of opportunist infections in HIV patients, they have also been recognized as etiological agents ...
Faria, Sónia +2 more
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Mycobacteria in Nail Salon Whirlpool Footbaths, California
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2005 In 2000, an outbreak of Mycobacterium fortuitum furunculosis affected customers using whirlpool footbaths at a nail salon. We swabbed 30 footbaths in 18 nail salons from 5 California counties and found mycobacteria in 29 (97%); M.
Duc J. Vugia +5 more
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